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Definition of Overreaching
1. Adjective. Revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights. "Vaulting ambition"
Definition of Overreaching
1. Verb. (present participle of overreach) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overreaching
1. overreach [v] - See also: overreach
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overreaching
Literary usage of Overreaching
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ethics and Natural Law: A Reconstructive Review of Moral Philosophy Applied by George Lansing Raymond (1920)
"—When these Demands are not Fulfilled, any Desire may Become overreaching—overreaching
Desires Tend to Irrationality and Selfishness—Even though Primarily ..."
2. The Moral Philosophy of Aristotle: Consisting of a Translation of the by Aristotle, Walter Mooney Hatch, Edwin Hatch, William Archibald Spooner (1879)
"Inasmuch, however, as the lesser evil seems to be in some sense a good, and the
overreaching temper is concerned with what is good, the man who chooses the ..."
3. The Life and Voyages of Joseph Wiggins, F.R.G.S.: Modern Discoverer of the by Henry Johnson (1907)
"... —overreaching natives— Work for the steam-launch—Nearly blown up—Arrival at
... overreaching ..."
4. Five Years in China: From 1842 to 1847 by Frederick Edwyn Forbes (1848)
"His overreaching Conduct.—Pedigree of his Family. THE large island of Borneo is
said to have been conquered some 380 years ago by the Malays: how far they ..."
5. A Treatise on Powers: With Supplement, Bringing the New Enactments and Cases by Henry Chance (1841)
"... the liberty or authority, however, not being derived out of such estate or
interest, but overreaching or superseding it, either wholly or partially (a). ..."
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